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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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